Oct. 8, 2009
Bronxville, N.Y. -
The Fordham University men's tennis squad traveled up to Bronxville to face Concordia College on Thursday and saw its three-match winning streak halted as the Clippers shutout the Rams, 7-0.
Fordham opened the match by dropping the doubles point, losing all three doubles matches. Dallas Harting and Nick Kelly fell at first doubles to Alex Grubin and Andrey Boldarev, 8-3, while Brandon Abbatiello and Alex DeRienzo were upended at second doubles by Raphael Namias and Feliz Missal, 8-2. Ken Fukumoto and Eli Plangger lost at third doubles to Tamas Dobrotka and Andreas Lindell, 8-0.
In singles play, the Rams fell in straight sets at every position with the exception of sixth singles where John Thornhill dropped the first set to Dane Istilly, 7-5, before coming back to win the second, 6-1, and force a tiebreaker. But Istilly managed to pull out the tiebreaker, 10-7.
The Rams will next be in action on Saturday, October 10th, as they host La Salle University on the Hawthorn/Rooney Courts at 10:00 AM.
Fordham University at Concordia College
October 8, 2009 at Bronxville, N.Y.
Singles competition
1. Andrey BOLDAREV (CC) def. Dallas Harting (FOR), 6-0, 6-2
2. Raphael NAMIAS (CC) def. Brandon Abbatiello (FOR), 6-1, 6-0
3. Tamas DOBROTKA (CC) def. Kevin Maloney (FOR), 6-0, 6-2
4. Andreas LINDELL (CC) def. Austin Shoup (FOR), 6-1, 6-1
5. Felix MISSAL (CC) def. Alex DeRienzo (FOR), 6-3, 6-1
6. Dane OSTILLY (CC) def. John Thornhill (FOR), 7-5, 1-6, 10-7
Doubles Competition
1. Alex GRUBIN/Andrey BOLDAREV (CC) def. Dallas Harting / Nick Kelly (FOR), 8-3
2. Raphael NAMIAS/Felix MISSAL (CC) def. Brandon Abbatiello / Alex DeRienzo (FOR), 8-2
3. Tamas DOBROTKA/Andreas LINDELL (CC) def. Ken Fukumoto / Eli Plangger (FOR), 8-0
